People

The lab

Doctoral scholars, students, interns and more than forty alumni — grouped by role, each linked to their work.

01

Faculty

Mriganka Madhukaillya
Founder · Faculty

Dr. Mriganka Madhukaillya

Assistant Professor of New Media Technology and Cinema, Department of Design, IIT Guwahati, since 2005. Background in quantum mechanics and communication design.

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence, Cybernetics, History of Technology, Nature, Deleuze & Guattari, Media Theory, Philosophy of Technology

Full profile, publications & exhibitions →

02

Research scholars

Samudra Gogoi

Samudra Gogoi

Video games, world-building

Dr. Imon Shyam

Dr. Imon Shyam

Media research

Ashik M.E

Ashik M.E

Film studies / media research

Sanchari Kar

Sanchari Kar

Architecture / habitat design

Ashish Mathai

Ashish Mathai

Media research, film studies

03

Current Students 

Sajal Maheshwari

Sajal Maheshwari

Student · Visual communication, storytelling

Vani Singh

Vani Singh

Student · Design futures, new media

Himanshu Kurzekar

Himanshu Kurzekar

Student · XR, interaction design

Aravind S

Aravind S

Visual & speculative design, 3D · Student

Rohan Nikam

Student · Speculative design

04

Associated designers & researchers

Dhruva Ingale

Dhruva Ingale

Media design / video games

Arin Bandyopadhyay

Arin Bandyopadhyay

Media design / video games

Aman Chandra

Aman Chandra

Media research, video game ontology

Gurgenius Kapoor

Gurgenius Kapoor

Affective science, industrial design

Rashmi Kumari

Rashmi Kumari

Visual design, UX research

Smriti

Smriti

UX research, education pedagogies

Suraj Pratap Biswas

Suraj Pratap Biswas

Electronic product design

Dilipkumar Natarajan

Dilipkumar Natarajan

Industrial, experience & speculative design

Abhay Singh

Abhay Singh

Interaction design, XR

Arpana Tripty

Arpana Tripty

Fashion & interaction design

Abhijith S

Abhijith S

Visual & spatial design, illustration

Himani Sharma

Himani Sharma

Visual storytelling

Spandan Das

Spandan Das

Digital experience design, architecture

Sredha Pavithran

Sredha Pavithran

Visual design, illustration

Madhu Mohan C

Madhu Mohan C

Shagun Maskara

Shagun Maskara

Mavika Boyini

Mavika Boyini

Neha Dargar

Neha Dargar

Akarsha Naik

Akarsha Naik

Gurjot

Selected research by associated members
Videogame for imparting values for the modern world
Aman Chandra

Videogame for imparting values for the modern world

Theyyam as an Environmental Theatre: History, Perception and Future
Ashish Mathai

Theyyam as an Environmental Theatre: History, Perception and Future

Validation of Emotion AI in Indian Context
Gurgenius Kapoor

Validation of Emotion AI in Indian Context

Overcoming Depressive Disorders among adolescent females in India
Rashmi Kumari

Overcoming Depressive Disorders among adolescent females in India

05

Alumni

NameFocusProjectYear
Deepshikha Pegu
Deepshikha PeguFilm, culture studiesNerkik ↗2020
Anupam Sai Bollaboina
Anupam Sai BollaboinaAnimation, film studiesImagining Biocentric Futures ↗2020
Mohammad Al Khalid
Mohammad Al KhalidCultural ethnography, filmFaqeer ↗2020
Ashish Mathai
Ashish MathaiFilm studies, media researchself-portrait. ↗2020
Angela MatthewsPerformancePerformance and Performativity ↗2020
Avik BiswasSoundSound as Medicine ↗2020
Nishita SudhirIllustrationDay Zero ↗2020
Deepanshu Gupta
Deepanshu GuptaFilm editingVideo Essays on Film-Editing ↗2020
Ashish Khandalikar
Ashish KhandalikarData visualisationVisualising the Consumer Price Index ↗2019
Shruti ToshniwalData visualisationFarrago of Information & Bias in News ↗2019
Vishal Kumar
Vishal Kumar · Nisha GuptaData analysisHow do Indians do YouTube? ↗2019
Rupesh Sudhanshu
Rupesh SudhanshuSound art, new mediaAudio Reactive Synesthetic ↗2019
Prabodh Sharma
Prabodh SharmaVisual artLife Around Abstracts ↗2019
Surya
SuryaProduct, experience designDesign for Wellbeing ↗2019
Ani Dalal
Ani DalalSpeculative design, data vizEmergence of Data ↗2018
Abhishek Chauhan
Abhishek ChauhanArt research, systemsDistributed Systems in Nature & Blockchains ↗2018
Mohijeet Das
Mohijeet DasInteraction designMuseum-going at Assam State Museum ↗2018
Pradeep Vegireddy
Pradeep Vegireddy · Mahendra IndukuriInteraction designNarratives of Virtual Reality ↗2018
Sarrika Dawar
Sarrika DawarSystems designShare-able · Food Connect ↗2015
Oko Togtokh
Oko TogtokhFilm, visual designMorin Khuur ↗2014
Siddhant
SiddhantTechnology, sound designSound As Interface ↗2013
Apoorv Tomar
Apoorv TomarArchitecture, filmSpace Time Experience ↗2011
Tanima Das
Tanima DasExperimental filmDraining into Brahmaputra ↗2011